The Enlightenment : The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
Author: Robertson, Ritchie
ISBN: 9780141979403
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Publisher,Penguin UK
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 1008
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The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific thought as an exemplary form of reasoning, and rationality and evidence-based argument. Others accuse the Enlightenment of putting forward a scientific rationality which ignores the complexity and variety of human beings, propagates shallow atheism, and aims to subjugate nature to so-called technical progress.
About the Author
Ritchie Robertson is Taylor Professor of German at the University of Oxford. He is a member of the board of the Voltaire Foundation which promotes research on the Enlightenment, and is a frequent reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 4.2 x 19.8 cm
